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Marcus Powlowski

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Thunder Bay—Rainy River
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $144,359.62

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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Mr. Marcus Powlowski
  • Feb/13/24 7:55:29 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I absolutely have comments on that. Sometimes court decisions deal with difficult ethical problems that involve balancing competing interests. They say these sorts of difficult decisions should be left to the elected representatives who are held accountable to the people, not left to the non-elected courts. That is absolutely right, and with respect to this issue, it ought to be us in the House, who are the elected people, who make the decisions, not the Senate.
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Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
Mr. Marcus Powlowski
  • Jun/15/23 7:30:33 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I agree with the member. Ultimately, we are all accountable to our electorate. I think those of us who decide not to come to Ottawa or are seen always up in their bedroom on a Zoom call, participating virtually in Parliament, perhaps will suffer as a result at the ballot box. There is a certain element of accountability there that will keep us honest and keep us from abusing that—
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Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Mr. Marcus Powlowski
  • Feb/13/23 4:12:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-39 
Madam Speaker, my guess is that if this were to go to the Supreme Court, it might well say that this kind of difficult decision, which involves balancing competing ethical values, is best left to the elected representatives, who are accountable to the people. We are the elected representatives, not the Senate. I have a lot of sympathy with what my colleague has to say.
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